Combination receptacle



J. J. SOKOS COMBINATION RECEPTACLE Filed March 11, 1939 The presentinvention has for its primary object ly The edge wall 2 of the body isprovided -at the -5 .y

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z COMBINATION RECEPTACLE v l Jamesr J. Sokos; RichwoodpW. Vat, assignerof, 'one-half to Thomas G. Sokos, ,RichwoocL W. Va. K y H ApplicationMarch 11, 1939, Serial No. 261,334 i 1 Claim. (ci. 312478) rlhisinvention :relates to improvements 'in by the two 'partition walls 5which between them kitchen and table articles and" pertains particuformthe narrow centralchar'nber which is verlarly to an iniprovedcombinationcontainer for tically disposed, and the `two side `chambers ,'l tableuse, I which are provided for condiments.

to provide a combination condiment and toothpick top end of the centralchamber 6 with the opening container which comprises a pair of condimentre- 8 and secured within this opening and extending ceptacles havingmeans associated therewith downwardly into the chamber 6, is a sleeve 9of whereby the contents of either may be readily tubular form, theupper. end (1f-,Which projects 10 obtained, associated with a novel`type of toothabove the wall 2. This sleeve 9 iS pI'OVided Wil?h 10 pickcontainer which is designed to normally the longitudinally extendingdiametrical slots l0 maintain the picks in covered or protectedcondiwhich open through the inner orlower end of the tion but which isreadily operable to display all Sleeve and extend t0 a pointSubstantially abOVe of the toothpicks so that the seme may be resaidlower end. Within the sleevethere is slidmoved as required. ablydisposed the elongated receptacle l l which 15 Another object of theinvention is to provide in iS 0f CilCulaI CTOSS-SECOD and adapted if?fit e device of the character described, a tocthpick snugly Within theSleeve S0 thatit may havelongiv container and dispenser of nevel formwherein tudinal movement therein without material side the picks as agroup may be drawn pax-uy out play. The lower end of this receptacle isround*- from the container when the latter is uncovered, ed, aSindicated ai? l2, and aCI'OSS the 10W1' end 20 so that the toothpicksmay be obtained ccnthere is Secured a bar I3, the ends of whichexveniently." tend beyond the receptacle to provide laterally A furtherobject ofthe invention is to provide Projecting guide fingers, each 0fWhich Slidably in a combination shaker receptacle for condiengages in aguide Slot |0- Thus these fingers ments having two or more condimentcompartlimit the upward movement of the receptacle 25 ments, a novelmeans for preventing the Condi and the design of the toothpickdispenseris such ment of one compartment reaching the discharge that when thereceptacle ll l5 drawn upwardly openings when the contents of the' othercompartto a' position Where a Portion 0f theppel end Will ment is beingremevedproject from the upper end of the sleeve 9, the

The invention will be best understood from a nger ends of the bar '3Will engage the upper 30 consideration of the following detaileddescripends 0f the guide slots and thus Stop the out' tion taken inconnection with the accompanying Wa'fd or u pWa'rd mqvemenll of' the"receptacle- If drawing'forming part of this specication, with deslred'Smgle or mdependent ngers may be the understanding, however, that theinvention joined to the reeptacl? H in ,placeof the bar ,'3'

is not to be confined to any strict conformity with The Sleeve 9 1,5Provlded Wlth a. Cap M Whlch 35 the Showing of the drawing but may beChanged 1s adapted to fr1ct1ona1ly engageover lts .upper or modied solong as such changes or modicaend and attached 'to the inner sld@ 0fthis Cap tions mark no material departure from the salient at its Centeris a chain or ord I5', the other end features of the invention asexpressed in the apof Whlch 1S secured to the mner sldepf the bot' 40pended e1aimtom I2 of the receptacle.` This strand 15,' which 40 In thedrawing; may be in the form of a iine chain, a cord or Fig, 1 is aVel-tica] Sectionalview through the other flexible connection,facilitates drawing the receptacle embodying the present inventionreceptacle Il upwardly and it holds the receptacle Fig. 2 is a,Sectional View taken on the une 2 2 in raised position when the capl I4is allowed to of Fig. 1 hang at the outer side of the body. 45

Referring new more particularly to the draw The edge wall 2 is providedat 'each side of the ing, the numeral l generally designates the bodytoothpck dispenser with ai condimenll discharge portion of thecombination receptacle' embodying Opening la and Slcured'llo the Wall 2and en' the present invention, which body is here Shown circling eachopening IG 1s a discharge collar I1 as being in theform of a disk havingthe anupon the Oulel' end 0f Whlch l5 all ape-Timed dis' 50 nular edgewall 2 and the flat side walls 3. This penser or sfter Cap mbody may besupported upon any suitable base Secured t0 the limer Side of the Wallv2 at each such as the one here illustrated and. indicated Side 0f theiiOi'flll-iick dispenser and ai? a DOII generally by the numeral ll. Incarrying out the 01056151 adjaQeD-b the Same, isa shield Plate I9present invention, the body l is interiorly divided which extends thefull interior width of the cham- 55 zles, it will be readily apparentthat when the shaker device is turned into the proper position where theccndiment may ow through the throat 2G and into the area 2| to be shakenfrom the adjacent apertured cap I8, the opposite guard plate i9 willprevent the condiment in that chamber from reaching the adjacentdischarge nozzle From the foregoing, it will be readily apparent thatthere has been provided in the device herein described, a novelcombination toothpick dispenser and condiment shaker in which thecontents of either condiment chamber may be readily shaken out withoutdanger of accidentally getting any of the contents from the otherchamber and in which novel means has been provided for vstoringtoothpicks in such a manner that they will remain clean and sanitary atall times.

What is claimed is:

In a dispenser device of the character described, a supporting bodyincluding a base, a vertically arranged sleeve carried by the base andhaving an open upper end and longitudinal slots formed therein from thelower end to a point substantially above said lower end, an elongatedsubstantiallytubular receptacle disposed within the sleeve for slidingmovement longitudinally therein, the receptacle being open at its upperend, means carried by the bottom of the receptacle forming lateralelements slidably disposed in said longitudinal slots to aord limitedupward movement of said receptacle, a removable cover cap for the upperend of the sleeve formed to fit over the sleeve, and a chain attached atone end to the inner side of the central part of the cap and connectedat its opposite end to the inner side of the central part of the bottomof the receptacle, said chain facilitating lifting the receptacle anddisposing the cap at one side of the sleeve for the maintenance of thereceptacle in raised position.

JAMES J. SOKOS.

